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Article: Choirmaster's presence troubles bishops [St John the Evangelist church]
- Article from:
- Anglican Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Bishop George Bruce of Ontario has expressed his concern to Bishop Peter Coffin of Ottawa that a well-known convicted pedophile is now performing choir and other duties at a downtown Ottawa church.
Bishop Coffin said he is still "mulling over" what to do with John Gallienne's involvement at St. John the Evangelist church, where he is also a lay minister and member of other church committees. Mr. Gallienne, who sexually abused more than a dozen boys during his stint as choirmaster and organist at St. George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ont., was sentenced in 1992 to six years in prison for various sex charges involving minors. He was released in 1994.
"I talked to the bishop of Ottawa and I ...